Rape charges vs. Accomack man go back 29 years

A man who allegedly sexually abused his stepdaughter and another girl years ago is being held without bond after he was indicted in Accomack County.

Khalil Mohammed Muslimani, 68, was arrested June 30 after a grand jury in Accomack County indicted him on charges of rape, forcible sodomy, carnal knowledge and child endangerment in cases involving two underage victims.

Johnson, then called Ruth Carpenter, was married to Muslimani when the alleged abuse began. The couple later divorced.

Delmarva Media Group does not identify victims of sexual crimes, but Spione wanted her name used when she told her story to the Eastern Shore News in December 2014.

Muslimani was arraigned in Accomack County General District Court on July 1.

He was indicted June 1 on a total of seven counts relating to two victims, including Spione and another female, both of whom were minors at the time the abuse allegedly happened.

One indictment refers to rape, indecent liberties and child endangerment related to incidents involving Spione between June and August 1986. An additional indictment for a second victim on charges of carnal knowledge and forcible sodomy refers to incidents that allegedly took place in 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2002.

Spione, who said she continues to be treated for post-traumatic stress disorder as result of the alleged abuse, said she decided last year to speak up about what had happened to her.

"In August is when it hit. It was just nagging and nagging and nagging. I couldn't get it out of my head," she said.